{"id":13626,"date":"2026-11-08T20:51:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T20:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=13626"},"modified":"2026-11-08T21:02:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T21:02:05","slug":"bottled-sunday-november-15-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/bottled-sunday-november-15-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottled &#8211; Sunday, November 15, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen \u2013 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Matthew 28:20<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On this day, as I joyously walk along,<br \/>\nI\u2019m reminded of a once popular song<br \/>\nWritten by the legendary Jim Croce,<br \/>\nWhose haunting lyrics remind me<\/p>\n<p>How I, too, wish I could somehow seal<br \/>\nTime and the splendor that I now feel<br \/>\nWith the sun\u2019s comforting embrace,<br \/>\nGod\u2019s gentle hand upon my face,<\/p>\n<p>Assuring me everything is right,<br \/>\nNo matter what comes to sight\u2014<br \/>\nThat each day can be today\u2019s peace<br \/>\nWhen I choose not to release,<\/p>\n<p>Or let the cares of life throttle<br \/>\nThe tranquility secured in my bottle.<\/p>\n<p>No scientific accomplishment will ever be able to perform the feat described in Jim Croce\u2019s heartfelt wish to save time in a bottle. However, as believers in Jesus Christ, we have the constant assurance of His presence.\u00a0 Therefore, the very nature of His peace remains forever bottled for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen \u2013 Matthew 28:20 On this day, as I joyously walk along, I\u2019m reminded of a once popular song Written by the legendary Jim Croce, Whose haunting lyrics remind me &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/bottled-sunday-november-15-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bottled &#8211; Sunday, November 15, 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13626","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13626"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13630,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13626\/revisions\/13630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}